History YMMV / DinosaurPlanet

* CommonKnowledge: It’s occasionally claimed that the dwarf dromaeosaurs in “Pod’s Travels” were based on ''Balaur bondoc''. Except they weren't. Firstly, ''Balaur'' was only known from its arms back in 2003 and was considered to be an ''oviraptorosaur'' of some kind. It wasn’t until 2009 that a more complete skeleton was found (though still lacking a skull) and it was named and described as a stocky, double-clawed raptor the following year [[note]] it has since been reclassified as a flightless and likely herbivorous basal bird [[/note]]. Secondly, at around 2 meters in length, ''Balaur'' would have been a pretty standard-sized dromaeosaur and about the same size as ''Pyroraptor'' (and certainly heavier), not a cat-sized dwarf. The mini-raptors were actually based on previously found and very fragmentary remains (mainly just isolated teeth) attributed to diminutive Hateg dromaeosaurs.

** There's also the cry of the ''Oviraptor'', which only adds to its ominous presence. It's actually slowed-down goose honks combined with walrus bellows.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9BYCKQViRA The score for "Little Das' Hunt"]] stands out for as the action-paced and intense of it, especially "Buck and Blaze" which could easily work in a Western film.

** The ''Oviraptors''. Forget [[EvilEggEater the cowardly egg thieves]] you may know them as, these guys in [[WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver silvery grey/red colours]] and cacophonic goose and walrus sounds andare every bit as active, aggressive hunters as ''Velociraptor'', with one's JumpScare of it ambushing a Shuuvia from offscreen being a highlight.

%%* FairForItsDay: To modern viewers, Pod and White Tip’s designs come across as very outdated and conservative, since discoveries made after the series showed us that dromaeosaurs were even more bird-like than previously thought, to the point that they were effectively flightless [[ToothyBird Toothy Birds]]. But for the early 2000s, back when other documentaries such as ''Series/ChasedByDinosaurs'' were still clinging on to scaly depictions of ''Velociraptor'' and kin, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinornithosaurus#/media/File:Dave-Geological_Museum_of_China.jpg despite evidence]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sinosauropteryxfossil.jpg to the contrary]], ''Dinosaur Planet'' and its predecessor ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica'' were quite revolutionary and nuanced for highlighting the avian affinities of dromaeosaurs as much as possible given the available evidence and the still relatively radical notion of feathered non-avian dinosaurs at the time, and helped introduce the concept to a much wider audience.

* FairForItsDay: To modern viewers, Pod and White Tip’s designs come across as very outdated and conservative, since discoveries made after the series showed us that dromaeosaurs were even more bird-like than previously thought, to the point that they were effectively flightless [[ToothyBird Toothy Birds]]. But for the early 2000s, back when other documentaries such as ''Series/ChasedByDinosaurs'' were still clinging on to scaly depictions of ''Velociraptor'' and kin, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinornithosaurus#/media/File:Dave-Geological_Museum_of_China.jpg despite evidence]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sinosauropteryxfossil.jpg to the contrary]], ''Dinosaur Planet'' and its predecessor ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica'' were quite revolutionary and nuanced for highlighting the avian affinities of dromaeosaurs as much as possible given the available evidence and the still relatively radical notion of feathered non-avian dinosaurs at the time, and helped introduce the concept to a much wider audience.

* CommonKnowledge: It’s occasionally claimed that the dwarf dromaeosaurs in “Pod’s Travels” were based on ''Balaur bondoc''. [[CriticalResearchFailure Except they weren't]]. Firstly, ''Balaur'' was only known from its arms back in 2003 and was considered to be an ''oviraptorosaur'' of some kind. It wasn’t until 2009 that a more complete skeleton was found (though still lacking a skull) and it was named and described as a stocky, double-clawed raptor the following year [[note]] it has since been reclassified as a flightless and likely herbivorous basal bird [[/note]]. Secondly, at around 2 meters in length, ''Balaur'' would have been a pretty standard-sized dromaeosaur and about the same size as ''Pyroraptor'' (and certainly heavier), not a cat-sized dwarf. The mini-raptors were actually based on previously found and very fragmentary remains (mainly just isolated teeth) attributed to diminutive Hateg dromaeosaurs.

* FollowTheLeader: One of a number of dinosaur documentary series made after ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''' meteoric success. It takes its own deviations, however, like its focus on narrative over science.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9BYCKQViRA The score for "Little Das' Hunt"]] stans out for as the action-paced and intense of it, which could easily work in a Western film.

** The ''Oviraptors''. Forget [[EvilEggEater the cowardly egg thieves]] you may know them as, these guys are every bit as active, aggressive hunters as ''Velociraptor'', with one's JumpScare of it ambushing a Shuuvia from offscreen being a highlight. Making thing worse is that 1) they're even bigger then the velociraptors, and 2) their cacophonic goose and walrus sounds, and 3) [[WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver silvery grey/red colours]].